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Mulberry Downs residents press NDOT on voting eligibility for traffic calming; NDOT to consider broader outreach
Summary
Residents at a July 28 NDOT neighborhood meeting raised concerns that NDOTs ballot policy, which limits voting to owners of parcels touching the affected right of way, would exclude many Mulberry Downs households; NDOT said it will review the policy, consider broader outreach and a second meeting.
Residents and NDOT staff debated who will be eligible to vote on the Mulberry Downs Circle traffic calming plan during a virtual neighborhood meeting on July 28, 2025.
David Creams, an NDOT traffic calming program engineer, explained that NDOTsends ballots to the owners of parcels that touch the affected right of way. "It is specifically the owners of parcels whose properties touch the right of way," Creams said. He added that common-ownership condominium and townhome parcels typically receive ballots because the land is owned in common, and that vacant parcels do not receive ballots. Creams said the program counts each owner once, regardless of whether they own multiple properties.
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